Amsterdam’s discrimination monitor reported that 19 percent of residents felt discriminated against in both 2024 and 2025, compared with 18 percent in 2023. The figures were higher among some groups, including Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Moroccan, Turkish and Surinamese residents, as well as members of the LGBT community and people aged 23 to 44. Between 2023 and 2024, the largest increases were recorded among Jewish residents, from 30 to 42 percent, and Turkish residents, from 21 to 28 percent. Among Jewish residents, the proportion rose to half in 2025; the municipality said they felt less safe in the city and that this might also relate to the war between Israel and Hamas that began on 7 October 2023.

Discrimination was most often experienced in the street, followed by shops, workplaces and public transport; one in five affected residents also experienced it online. Among applicants rejected in 2024, 10 percent of those with a Dutch background thought discrimination may have played a role, compared with 55 percent of those with a Turkish background. Thirty percent of residents who experienced discrimination reported emotional or psychological consequences, while more than half said they had less confidence in other people and more than a quarter felt less safe.